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BAE upgrades Clyde yards
Shipbuilding on the Clyde has been secured for 20 years thanks to a massive investment in new jobs and training for the next generation of workers. BAE Systems, which will spend £18.5 million on its Glasgow yards, claimed the move restored Clydeside as a "beacon" after decades in decline. The ...
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Bermuda police go for Austal
Following the recent announcement of Austal being awarded six 16 metre aluminium monohull boats for the Water Police in the Australian state of New South Wales, the same design has found favour with the Bermuda Marine Police Service who has ordered a further vessel.To be based in Hamilton Harbour for ...
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Daewoo to build two dry docks in China
Daewoo Shipbuilding is rumoured to be building two dry docks in Yantai, China. The plan is to construct a 1 million DWT dry dock and a 300,000DWT dry dock in Yantai, Shandong and, if built, the South Korean shipbuilder will have a 4 to 4.5 million GT newbuilding capacity compared ...
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QGTC plans more LNG tankers
Qatar Gas Transport Co. (QGTC) has enlisted international shipbuilders to construct six to eight LNG carriers at a cost of about $230 million each. QGTC expects to lease each vessel to deliver LNG to the UK. Bids have been issued, winning firms are to be announced next month, and final ...
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GL records record tonnage
Fuelled by the order boom in international shipping, the tonnage classified by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has grown to more than 50 million gross tonnage (GT). This is a milestone in the history of the classification society, which attends to the safety of over 5,730 vessels worldwide. "We are deeply grateful ...
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Marine lubricants in short supply
The French marine lubricants supplier, Total Lubmarine, maintains that the marine lubricants industry is facing a new and deepening supply crisis compounded by a period of unprecedented raw material price increases. It claims that an unexpected maintenance shutdown at the Chevron Oronite plant in Singapore, and Chevron Oronite's subsequent declaration ...
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Two more for Ezra
The Singapore-based offshore services provider, Ezra Holdings, has ordered two new 12,000 bhp multi-purpose anchor handling, towing and supply vessels (AHTS) from Pan-United Marine, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pan-United Corporation. Delivery is slated by mid 2007 and the newbuildings will cost almost $24 million, excluding the cost of certain owner-furnished ...
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Vinashin goes with Hempel
Hempel, the Danish paint manufacturer, and the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) have signed a Business Co-operation Agreement (BCA) making Hempel the preferred supplier to all Vinashin's newbuilding projects. The agreement will be managed by SHIMEX (Ship Materials Import Export Company) a business unit of Vinashin. The agreement means Hempel ...
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Daewoo profit falls
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) reported that its net income in July declined 34% to $8.1 million from a year earlier. Operating profit fell 58% $9.66 million, with sales declining 30% to $311.5 million.DSME, Hyundai Heavy Industries and Samsung Heavy Industries, the world?s three largest shipbuilders, are constructing ships ...
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Nakagawa orders chemical pair
Nakagawa Bussan in Japan placed an order for two 11,200DWT chemical tanker with STX Shipbuilding at a cost of $ 44 million. Ship particulars are 116.5m in length, 20m in breadth and 11.7m in depth with a service speed of 13.6 knots and delivery slated for 2007.
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Aker creates Helsinki ferry centre
The Board of Aker Finnyards has taken measures to make its Helsinki yard one of the most cost effective yards for building ferries in the industry. The former Kvaerner Masa Yards site in Helsinki has become too small to meet the demand for today?s ever growing cruise ship sizes, and ...
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Rolls-Royce system on US Navy Sea Jet
The US Navy?s Office of Naval Research unveiled its new advanced electric-ship demonstrator ship, ?Sea Jet?, for the first time. The ship will test Rolls-Royce patented AWJ-21 water jet technology over the next six months on Lake Pend Oreille at the Navy?s Acoustic Research Department in Bayview, Idaho.The AWJ-21 is ...
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Will Aker take over Gdansk shipyard?
The future of the birthplace of Solidarity, the Gdansk Shipyard of the Grupa Stocznia Gdynia (SG GSG) continues to remain unsure. The state plans to merge it with several other shipyards and create an industrial group but is also considering inviting a private investor. "I hope to receive a letter ...
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Todd leases Navy dry dock
Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, Washington, has leased the US Navy?s floating dry dock ?Resolute? after winning a bidding process last year. The lease is for a 20 year period and Todd Pacific plans to use the dock to repair commercial and Navy ships.The 660 feet long and 124 foot ...
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Weihai starts expansion
Weihai Shipyard in China has commenced construction work to expand its shipbuilding and ship repair facilities. The work will be carried out in two stages at a cost of $222 million.The first stage involves the building of a 50,000DWT and a 10,000dwt newbuilding dry dock, a 100,000dwt dock for ship ...
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Cummins upgrades support base
Marine engine distributor Cummins Diesel SA has launched the first phase of a coast-to-coast programme to expand and upgrade its maritime industry support base. An enlarged customer service and fast-reaction support operation, based in Cape Town and headed by a Cummins-qualified marine engineer, will eventually be targeting the entire South ...
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DNV secures more LNG carrier orders
DNV has won the lion?s share of Qatar?s second batch of LNG ship orders. Seven of twelve very large gas carriers ordered for the Ras Gas III project will be built in Korea to DNV class.Qatar has prompted huge newbuilding orders in the LNG trade to cope with its forthcoming ...
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Wärtsilä's RT-flex50 successfully tested
The first two of the latest Sulzer RT-flex50 common-rail marine engine type developed by Wärtsilä Corporation, have successfully completed official shop tests and class type approval tests at Wärtsilä's licensee Diesel United Ltd in Japan. With five to eight cylinders, the Sulzer RT-flex50 low-speed marine diesel engine covers a power ...
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GE?s LM6000 completes ABS test
GE Transportation?s LM6000 aero derivative gas turbine recently completed the 500-hour power generation phase of endurance testing towards American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) certification. GE is seeking ABS certification to the Steel Vessel and the new Naval Vessel Rules for its LM6000.The company plans to certify the LM6000 at a ...
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Iranian bulker launched
?Iran Bojnurd?, the second of six Panamax bulk carriers ordered by Iran from the Chinese shipbuilder Jiangnan Shipyard, has been launched in Shanghai. The first of the ordered ships, named ?Iran Tabas?, was launched one month ago. The Chinese shipbuilder plans to launch the remaining four ships at two-month ...
